10 Freewares to Keep Your Windows PC in Excellent Condition
September 23, 2007 – 10:03 pmA personal computer is like a human being too. You need to take care of it constantly to maintain its productivity so it will serve you well. I love freewares and during my blogging days at Coolware, I have used many great freeware to help maintain my Windows based PC in excellent condition . I am still using the old Windows 2000 Professional (I am used to it, don’t ask!) on a low end machine, but these freeware had managed to keep my PC running very well indeed.
Here are the 10 freewares that you can use to maintain your Windows personal computer in great shape:
Belarc Advisor builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware, missing Microsoft hotfixes, anti-virus status, CIS (Center for Internet Security) benchmarks, and displays the results in your Web browser. With Belarc Advisor, you will instantly know if your PC is missing some critical, Windows security patches.
Worthy Alternative: WinAudit
Spyware Terminator offers 100% Real-Time Spyware Protection – an essential function most other applications charge you extra for. It effectively remove spyware, adware, trojans, keyloggers, home page hijackers and other malware threats from residing inside your PC.
Worthy Alternative: Spybot Search and Destroy, Ad Aware SE Personal
3- Avast Home Edition Antivirus
An antivirus is a must for every PC. Avast offers a full featured antivirus solution , free for home users with no nonsense, easy to use interface. Have been using it for two years now without any single glitch.
Download Avast Home Edition Antivirus
Worthy Alternative: Avira Antivirus
4- CCleaner
CCleaner is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool . It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. I love this one because it is blazing fast and efficient.
Worthy Alternative: Disk Cleaner, Clean Cache
5- Tweaknow Regcleaner Standard
To keep your computer in top performance, it is recommended to periodically clean your Windows registry. Tweaknow Regcleaner is fast, accurate and secure. It is also of PC World 101 Fantastic Freebies for May 2007 .
Download TweakNow RegCleaner Standard
Worthy Alternative: Eusing Registry Cleaner
Dubbed the world’s most efficient free defragmentation software . Eliminates the primary cause of slow/unstable PC performance which is disk fragmentation. It does it so efficiently and automatically. This freeware really puts Windows Defragmenter in the dustbin.
Worthy Alternative: Auslogics Disk Defrag
7- Filehippo.com Update Checker
Filehippo.com Update Checker scans your computer for installed software , check the versions and then send this information to filehippo.com to see if there are any newer releases. These are then neatly displayed in your browser for you to download.
Download Filehippo.com Update Checker
Comodo Firewall offers free, no nonsense firewall solution for home users . It is light and it claimed itself as the only firewall solution that passes all leak tests. You don’t have to be a security expert just to use it to protect your PC. I’ve been using it for a year now and feel very satisfied with the overall performance.
Download Comodo Personal Firewall
Worthy Alternative: Filseclab Personal Firewall Professional
9- JDiskReport
JDiskReport enables you to understand how much space the files and directories consume on your disk drives, and it helps you find obsolete files and folders. It will display all of its findings in nice graphical graphs, pie charts and program lists.
Worthy Alternative: SpaceMonger
Startup Inspector scans all programs that are in the Windows Startup Folder, Registry and provide you with a background information of the program. Provided with the information, you can remove harmful programs like spyware, virus, dialers thus make your system healthier. You can also remove unnecessary startup programs to increase startup speed , which results in a faster overall PC performance.
Worthy Alternative: Starter
Feel free to share your favorite freeware to take care of your PC here by leaving some comments below. I would really love to hear what you use inside your PC to ensure a smoother system operations. Till then, enjoy the freewares!
Tags: freeware, system tools, pc care, windows
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2 Responses to “10 Freewares to Keep Your Windows PC in Excellent Condition”
I’ve listed my best freeware on Pimp Windows 2 page and basically these are the ones that kept my Windows up and running.
Nice list, Syahid.
By Carol on Mar 16, 2008
great list
By mohan on Aug 17, 2008